GIMP 2.10 Tutorial: All Layer Modes Explained

[@thingsiplay]

3:58 Overview ------------------------------ 6:18 Normal 7:26 Dissolve 9:10 Color erase 11:14 Erase 13:52 Merge 14:23 Split ------------------------------ 14:58 Lighten only 18:23 Luma/Luminance lighten only 19:25 Screen 21:07 Dodge 22:35 Addition ------------------------------ 23:50 Darken only 25:46 Luma/Luminance darken only 26:11 Multiply 27:58 Burn 28:31 Linear burn ------------------------------ 29:14 Overlay 29:56 Soft light 31:23 Hard light 34:48 Vivid light 36:25 Pin light 38:09 Linear light ------------------------------ 38:45 Hard mix 40:50 Difference 42:32 Exclusion 43:25 Subtract 43:39 Grain extract 44:36 Grain merge 46:04 Divide ------------------------------ 48:16 HSV Hue 49:37 HSV Saturation 50:37 HSL Color 52:44 HSV Value ------------------------------ 54:17 LCh Hue 54:47 LCh Chroma 55:14 LCh Color 55:56 LCh Lightness 56:23 Luminance

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

This saves me a lot of work - thank you very much!

[@thingsiplay]

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[@glow801]

This man is awesome. He is definitely the best mentor. The way he explains that stuff and makes it comprehensive is super cool and amazing.

[@Nice-Y]

Wow, when I requested this, I didn't expect it to be so comprehensive. You're awesome!

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

I had a few subscribers, yourself included, that requested a Layer Modes tutorial, so I figured I would go all out and make sure everyone got the answers they were looking for. I hope you enjoy!

[@Nice-Y]

@@DaviesMediaDesign I did. This was great. Thank you!

[@glow801]

His every word is so valuable. His videos are very valuable. He is a pro.

[@thingsiplay]

I want to thank you for this very valuable tutorial. It explains every detail about layer modes. I have never seen this before. Until now, to me the layer modes was just random effects. I shared your video at Reddit. There is a Gimp group and they generally seem to like your tutorials. Keep up your good work.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

It is my pleasure and I appreciate you watching and sharing! I hope this tutorial answers all the questions you've had about the layer modes.

[@thingsiplay]

@@DaviesMediaDesign Yes, but to be honest also no. It is not easy to remember everything, but it helped me to understand some of the differences between similar effects. I think, when I try and experiment again with some experimental images, I will come back to your video and watch specific parts. That's main reason I did the list on my other comment, plus it helps others. ;-)

[@warlanefam]

Man I absolutely love this channel, it's so to the point, no gimmicks

[@angel_of_rust]

Grain Extract is a personal favorite of mine. I use it to "bake" a 3D model's normal map into its texture. You would first desaturate the normal map, put it on top of the texture, then set the desaturated normal map's mode to Grain Extract and now the texture looks like it has the normal applied.

[@INTJIsland]

Excellent tutorial. Thank you. Years ago I used to do my own film and prints in a darkroom and I used the dodge and burn techniques with the print paper working with the enlarger, by blocking out parts of the image while other parts were exposed longer. It would be tough to do that to the film but it worked fine on the paper prints. I did hundreds and hundreds of pictures when my youngest boy was a baby. That was 41 years ago. Working with digital is a lot easier. :-)

[@NightFireXD]

omg your so awesome ty for this :D i have dyslexia and you explain it just right. I have finely gotten the hang of GIMP again i am so taking your master classes in the future. I have already come so far in my work...this is no longer a hobby it's a mission :D Namaste

[@MrDirtyRod]

Excellent tutorial. Learned a bunch. Worth the price of the MasterClass by itself.

[@Gidjoiner]

I like the grain extract, duplicating the layer, off-setting the two just by a few pixels then adding to the original in a new image with grain merge, lowering the opacity of that layer really sharpened up one of my pics Thanks 😊

[@surinfarmwest6645]

Micheal, An hour well spent understanding why the modes do what they do. Thank you for the maths formula that helps me understand a lot and most of all, thank you for sharing this. West

[@somboku]

your explanation, and the speed is amazing. thanks, this was a great vid and really helpfull

[@EdgeLagerthaSeawolf]

I'm glad I stumbled onto this video you've been such a great help showing every layer mode before and after so that we can understand the effects. I can't begin to tell you how much this is going to help speed things up in my work. Thanks so very much for all the work you put into this video.

[@jafffar5885]

Am a simple guy,whenever I see michael davies, i just like^^

[@JesseCotto]

This is Deep and Practical. THANKS!

[@baruchben-david4196]

Thank you. Your video has taught me a great deal.

[@lovebbqnoles367]

I Love That ♪♫Intro Music♪♫ as well as this AWESOME TUTORIAL!!

[@CatsCantSwim]

Go Noles!

[@sunesnigel]

I thought this was all magic from the dark side that no living person could explain. You're a (living)hero!

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

At 19:30 I begin to go into the equation for the Screen mode - and I incorrectly state that the pixel value of the bottom layer is SUBTRACTED from the pixel value of the top layer in the top part (numerator) of the equation. On the contrary, the pixel value of the top layer is MULTIPLIED BY the pixel value of the bottom layer. My apologies - I know some of you have been losing sleep over that one.

[@amcds2867]

Hi, i really appreciate your videos and i subscribed to your channel. I don't want to come across as pedantic but i noticed that midway through this video you left the bottom layer in 'Addition' mode and i can't tell if that was intentional as part of the exercise. The main question i have regarding this is whether the mode change in the 'top layer' and it's graphic result would have been different if the bottom layer were to be Normal mode?

[@nmomin9]

Thanks So much Mike. Was waiting patiently for layer mode tutorials.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

All that patience paid off! Thanks for checking it out and enjoy.

[@flamediaestrategia6581]

Very useful tutorial, very technical and explaining the fundamentals, some stuff that I had not cared to learn before. Thanks Davies, that was amazing man.

[@arischvaranpuvanesvaran8875]

Your videos are always a big help man thank you

[@venivididilexi2598]

wow!One hour !Thank you my master!

[@cosmo0080]

that was a lot of work that u put into this thank you

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thanks for noticing and for watching!

[@AirlineX]

Very well done and thanks. Cleared out some confusion for sure.

[@shrutikavetal1308]

It is very helpful.. thankyou sir!

[@ewketbirhanabbo1875]

The Best GIMPSTER

[@WJS774]

It makes a lot more sense to think of values as being between zero and one, I'm pretty sure that is how things work internally and it makes the calculations a lot simpler, with no "and then multiply/divide by 255" anywhere to be seen. Multiply, for example, is literally just one pixel times the other.

[@ThuNguyen-ot8ul]

Very detail explanation,consider I'm your subscriber now,keep it up bro

[@heidimason8519]

Excellent tutorial thanks Michael.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thanks for watching Heidi!

[@Gaven7r]

THANK YOU, for such good quality tutorial!

[@RakeshSharma-zp1iu]

Super informative.. thank you for uploading these wonderful videos.. I have learned a lot from it.

[@tompearce6312]

Thankyou! Very helpful

[@tiamatandall]

Man! That's awesome!

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thank you!

[@albertogang]

awesome work, thank you for this overview. modes are my favorite tool in gimp, and i totally needed to know more about the new ones and HSV and LCH modes.

[@claudioguarnieri1060]

Incredibly comprhensive, great job. Cheers

[@gregwaugh8069]

Thanks Michael, great tutorials. All you need to do now is the same on Darktable masks and the world will be complete.

[@SOBIESKI_freedom]

Great stuff. Thank you for the edifying information. KUDOS!

[@catallaxy]

Thank you for your effort. This tutorial dissolves only about 10% of the ambiguity associated with layer modes, if i am being generous. I was particularly disappointed with your treatment of Multiply and Divide modes. It is sort of Captain Obvious. Don't get me wrong, i am still a fan. The Mercedes example was very useful.

[@5allyanne]

Added your video to my blog

[@anglerweekenderrizalzi3419]

thank you, helpful tutorial....

[@AhmedAdel-ub8yy]

Would be nice to have a link to the beginner layer video you referenced in the first 60 seconds of the video. Thank you

[@wadiklolstar]

Could you do a video on color matching two images for a composite in GIMP? I don't know how you would match luminosity, saturation and color in GIMP without "eyeballing" it so one picture approximates the look and feel of the background if you will. In Photoshop you could use Clipping masks and adjustment layers :/

[@YTFC2008]

Hi Michael, Thank you for this tutorial. I have 3 questions: 1) Is there a place where we can see the actual formulas? 2) Can you write your own formulas and have your own custom layer modes 3) What happens when you only have one (base) layer and you apply filters? Thank you!

[@luxverux2322]

Thanks alot, still very helpful :)

[@joboteyechew3751]

Is there a video explaining the layer composite modes?

[@AlphaCrucis]

I wish I could see the equations for each of these layer modes. It would give me the clearest possible explanation of each mode.

[@djconnel]

This is nicely comprehensive, although most of these layer modes superficially appear useless. It would be nice to know typical best-practice use cases (although that would obviously get even longer).

[@quinbenson]

Can you suggest some uses for the Erase layer mode? It's a megawatt laser of a tool, drilling through every layer to the chequerboard, alpha channels notwithstanding (unless painting in Erase mode, too, of course, when it fills everything back in again). Nice tutorial as usual - good luck with 'em.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

I suppose there can be many potential uses for it - one that comes to mind would be if you have a layer with a complex shape, you could convert the layer to the Erase layer mode and it would erase that complex shape from the layer below. I do not use this layer mode that much, so I am sure there are many other uses for it.

[@grat2010]

You rock! So helpful to have a video that includes the 2.10 modes. Also just noticed that your Udemy course includes 2.10 info as well. Will have to purchase soon to replace my old Lynda.com GIMP course. I don't even remember what GIMP version was used in that.

[@tomormiston6592]

Excellent !

[@extremis4296]

Davies i am having a hard time finding the link to the photos they said would be in the links. I could be missing it but i was wanting to work it along with you.

[@sparrowthesissy2186]

Red, Green, Blue and Alpha each get a value between 0 and 255, which is one byte. Each pixel therefore takes up 4 bytes, or 32 bits (unless you're working in 64-bit color, then double all these values). If each channel is maxed out at 255 you see white, and if each channel (besides alpha) is 0 you see black. And obviously if alpha is 0 you see nothing, regardless of the other color values.

[@sandysingssongs]

Very useful. Thank you.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thanks for watching!

[@varunacielo4812]

Thanks for this video very usefull

[@Ahuka]

I have been trying to do the Merge Layer Mode, but I can't get it to work. Is there some trick not covered in the video that has to happen? I get two images with some transparency between them and it just stays there.

[@RomanSkateboarding]

at 20:42 min he says that he uses the "screen" layermode to quickly remove a black background. I know the other basic ways to quickly do it, but I don't understand how I would do it with this mode. Can anyone explain?

[@jailyndazz8457]

i want to make my own gradient fill textures, do you have an tutorial of that, i can make this ty for the extra learning.

[@sharonbell5282]

I tried using the dissolve tool. Eraser only does a painting effect. Does the layer need to be in alpha?

[@ytube777]

how does merge know what to fill in the missing pixels in the transparent areas?

[@wiiztec]

Why would you use a layer mask to paint the car red instead of just painting red on a transparent layer set to HSL color?

[@akhwandkhelyusafzai]

Beard looking so nice

[@korhancharlotte3619]

Is it possible to focus stacking with gimp ?

[@juangabrieloc7499]

Thanks great content :)

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

My pleasure - thanks for watching!

[@marxman1010]

Merge mode is not working as expected. If merge red(upper layer) and blue(lower layer), the result is red, but it should be purple. Current merge mode works just like a normal mode.

[@bogdanstancu4026]

Can you do a short video about how to create quotes with gimp?

[@wiiztec]

How many of these actually have a common practial use?

[@xit1254]

So where's the link to the pictures on Pixabay?

[@shavetasingla5830]

Hello Sir, I am very new to GIMP. Actually, I am learning how to create animation videos and I found animiz software. Then I needed gif files and got to know about GIMP. But I don't know how to create gif files in that. Can you please tell me what more help I can get from GIMP to make animation videos. Thanks in advance.

[@romanroyer7057]

How do I make white clear?

[@windsaw151]

"because pure white is the lightest pixel you can have in GIMP" Are there brighter colours than pure white in other image manipulation programs?

[@srvd12]

How to create star trail images using gimp?

[@bradwagner8900]

where's the link to the photos?

[@sherifelgazar4089]

Great, my friend, why do not you but in your to do list a lesson about typography like photoshop.

[@pik0_2004]

u didnt give the images u used in the tutorial

[@slikrik6098]

maybe just me because I`m new to photoshop ,if you could do a project from start to finish ,when you keep stopping to explain everthing that you clik on then go on to say we`re not needing that right now I just get lost what your doing, I would love join on patreon but worried most tutorials will be this way.

[@6iaZkMagW7EFs]

merge vs normal???

[@CheckMate6507]

Great tutorial! FYI it is pronounced "AAAALEEUS" !

[@amanabananas]

Poor Alias can't catch a break 😔

[@MaestroAlvis]

His eyes are CRAZY blue

[@simonf-pay]

USELESS tutorial. He doesn't give a single practicle use example of what you can do or when to use a particular mode over another. Basically just read the gimp manual on screen, I doubt he even know how to really use them to their advantage

[@bollekeboy]

I have really enjoyed many other Davies Media Design Gimp tutorial videos but to me this one was not good. The examples for each layer mode made no sense from a practical point of view. The right way, IMO, to explain each one, is to show an example of where each layer mode is _actually practically useful_ and demonstrate that. All most of the examples in this video showed me was "this layer mode is not appropriate for combining two photos of beautiful women, but I don't know how/when I actually would use it". Yes, it would have taken a lot more preparation, but it would have been a lot more useful.

[@tryn2think43]

Well, that was as confusing as he could make it. Maybe I need to find a walkthrough video, I just want to find out HOW LAYERS WORK!

[@pierrelemoinelapaloque9010]

Try the GIMP help manual.

[@ibizenco]

Trying to sharpen a photograph by following the explanation in the GIMP Help Browser (instead of just clicking "Sharpen"), it says "Select the Value layer". How the hell does one do this??? I "hate" GIMP. It is the MOST user-unfriendly program that I have EVER used. Even MS Paint is easier (and faster) to do (simple) things with. Perhaps I should dig up my CorelDRAW "Graphics Suite" install DVD and work in PhotoPAINT, for GIMP is just terrible. The GIMP devs may be good programmers, but they haven't got a CLUE on how to make a user-friendly program. "Select the Value layer and apply your sharpening to it".

[@ibizenco]

"3. In the layer dialog of the duplicated image, change Mode to “Subtract” ..." Where IS the "layer dialogue"? Quantum physics is more comprehensible than this explanation. I don't understand that these people do not see that explanations like these are just incomprehensible. I'll see if I can dig up my "CorelDRAW GS" install disk... Jesus, GIMP guys.

[@popeyelegs]

At 8:39, you used the word anti-aliasing. You pronounced it anti-a-LIE-assing. It comes from the word "alias," and it pronounced AIL-ee-essing. Therefore, "anti-aliasing" is pronounced anti-AIL-ee-essing. Each of the pixels is distinct from the others so is "aliased," not "a-LIE-essed."

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

I am aware and have addressed my butchered pronunciation of the word in question in layer tutorials.

[@McSpyda]

All that an no resizing... 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

What do you mean no resizing? Are you looking for a scaling tutorial?

[@McSpyda]

Davies Media Design...I thought that one of the many benefits of Layers is the option to resize or rescale images... This is information is missing in most tutorials and is not easy to understand..

[@McSpyda]

Davies Media Design I stand corrected..kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5yWc4Nuq9-Dmrs However, I feel an example of Resizing and Scaling, should be added whilst discussing Layers